Study shows cheap diabetes drug reduces risk of long Covid
Paris – People who took a cheap diabetes drug after testing positive for Covid-19 had a 40% lower risk... Read more
9 Jun, 2023
Spike in boats smuggling meth out of Myanmar: UN
Bangkok — Asian drug trafficking networks are increasingly using sea routes to smuggle methamphetamines out of Myanmar and ramping... Read more
2 Jun, 2023
Cocaine price crash a blow for Colombian coca growers
Llorente — “Carlos,” a 36-year-old coca grower in Colombia, is stuck hanging onto kilos of the valuable paste used... Read more
26 May, 2023
Suspect held over R1.2m drug bust
Cape Town – Police arrested a 32-year-old man in Elsies River on the Cape Flats at the weekend after... Read more
15 May, 2023
Undertaker held after R225k worth of drugs found hidden in hearse
Kimberley – Northern Cape police have arrested an undertaker after drugs worth R225 000 were found in a hidden... Read more
11 May, 2023
Police arrest 5 in connection with drug-related offences in Cape Town
Cape Town – Western police arrested five men on drug-related charges in two separate incidents in Cape Town on... Read more
30 Apr, 2023
Ecuador seizes $330 million of cocaine bound for Belgium
Guayaquil – Ecuador confiscated about 8.8 tons of cocaine worth $330 million that had been hidden between bananas in... Read more
27 Feb, 2023
Architect of Mexico’s drug war convicted in US of trafficking
New York – A once-powerful Mexican government minister was convicted by a US jury Tuesday of aiding the very... Read more
22 Feb, 2023
Senegal seizes cocaine off coast of Dakar
Dakar – A Senegalese naval patrol boat seized 800 kilograms (1 763 pounds) of cocaine aboard a vessel 335... Read more
25 Jan, 2023
Algerian policeman kills boy during drug bust
Algiers – An Algerian policeman shot a teenage boy who later died when a gang tried to stop officers... Read more
11 Jan, 2023
